Disney, Pixar Sued by Luxo Lamp Company for Copyright Infringement

The Norwegian lighting company Luxo, whose lamps inspired the animated Pixar logo, is suing Pixar (a Disney subsidiary) for peddling a limited-edition version of its lamp wearing the Luxo logo to promote/in combination with the Blu-ray release of "Up."

Apparently, Luxo holds a trademark on both its brand name and the dome-shaped head

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and dual-post design of its desk lamp, which is part of the Museum of

Modern Art's permanent collection, according to the New York Post, and has sold more than 25 million desk lamps worldwide. The lawsuit requests that Pixar pull the plug on the lamp, which Luxo believes will "cause devastating

damage to Luxo and dilute the good will which Luxo has built up" and confuse customers.

Pixar declined to comment to the New York Post, which notes: Pixar's founder John Lasseter admits the the [Luxo] lamp on his desk as inspiration for Pixar's logo and that this isn't the first instance of foul play (the lamp was first illegally featured in the Oscar-nominated 1986 short, titled Luxo Jr.; there's also a six-foot animatronic version in the Walt Disney World theme park).

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